A while back I took a photo of this old building in Pequaming in the Upper Peninsula. I thought it might have been a general store, but I was mistaken. While doing research for my recent Lost In Michigan Ghost Town book, I came across a photo titled Pequaming Odd Fellow Hall.
I recognized the building Instantly, The front porch has changed but the arched front window on the front and the windows on the side matched the building that still stands today. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political, non-sectarian international fraternal order like the Masons. At one time the town of Peqauming was owned by Ford and had several employees to operate the sawmill located there. The hall must have been a popular place to hang out and socialize in. Today it sits empty and is a reminder of a time when automobile bodies were made of wood.
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